The Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) program uses a variety of proven cognitive behavioral techniques in an early intervention approach, including psycho-education about trauma and it’s consequences, relaxation training, learning to monitor stress or anxiety levels, recognize maladaptive thinking, challenging unhelpful thoughts, social problem-solving, creating a trauma narrative and processing the traumatic event, and facing trauma-related anxieties rather than avoiding them. CBITS focuses primarily on three goals: decreasing current symptoms related to trauma exposure, building skills for handling stress and anxiety and building peer & caregiver support. Here at APS, we are certified and trained to assist you and your child in ameliorating distress caused by trauma exposure!
